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auos

Hi,
What is different between Signed image (.bin) and unsigned image (.sbin).

BR,
Auos.

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mikem2te

auos wrote: »

Hi,
What is different between Signed image (.bin) and unsigned image (.sbin).

BR,
Auos.

I might be wrong but I believe it is an effort to stop hacked firmware being loaded on the phone, the phones will only accept a correctly signed phone load.

Hacked phone loads could easily forward the VoiP data stream to another host allowing hackers to eavesdrop other calls.

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